From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

The entire room fell silent.

"You guys have no sense of humor. This joke is incredibly ahead of its time!" Seeing everyone's silence, the first generation Jiang Liu made a disgruntled expression.

"Haha! That's hilarious!"

Fifteen laughed heartily, praising the first generation Jiang Liu.

the latter:"······"

"Ha ha!"

At this moment, seeing the speechless face of the first generation Jiang Liu, the others burst out laughing.

And so, the group walked underwater, proceeding along the passage beneath the iceberg's crystal wall. This passage was seven or eight meters wide and more than twenty meters long, and the water was of excellent quality, crystal clear and transparent. Around them floated tiny, transparent shrimp, no bigger than a thumb, being devoured by large, scaleless fish with white whiskers.

At the exit of the passage, hundreds and thousands of white-whiskered, scaleless fish gathered together, densely packed, head to tail, forming a fish formation.

"I never expected to see fish formations in a freshwater river."

While crossing the sea on a turtle, Lu Jin, Jiang Liu, Duanmu Ying, and others saw a formation of fish in the ocean. Thousands of fish gathered together, head to tail, forming a defensive vortex or a sail-like shape for moving forward. The movements of all the fish were almost identical, as if they were guided by a common consciousness, which was quite peculiar.

The first generation Jiang Liu was not interested in the fish formation. He simply said to Zhang Zhiwei, "If we go over there, the white-whiskered catfish in the fish formation at the exit will definitely fall down. You release your electricity, but you have to control the force. Don't kill them all. Just stun them. Otherwise, the ecosystem here will suffer a devastating blow."

Upon hearing this, the lightning that had just risen in Zhang Zhiwei's palm dissipated, and he was slightly speechless: "How would I know how much power they can withstand?"

"You decide what to do."

The first generation of Jiang Liu said casually.

resignedly.

Zhang Zhiwei could only first send out a golden light and grab a white-whiskered, scaleless fish. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that this thing really resembled a special kind of catfish, its entire body slippery. If you tried to grab it by hand, you wouldn't be able to hold it unless you grabbed its gills.

It's sizzling!

With a jolt of lightning, the nearly half-meter-long white-whiskered, scaleless catfish fainted, but remained alive and would likely wake up in about ten minutes.

Afterwards, Zhang Zhiwei caught twenty white-whiskered, scaleless catfish for experiments. Once he determined the appropriate power, he released streaks of white lightning, only as thick as a hair, towards the dense array of fish in front of him.

Although it is lightning constructed from Qi, it has the same properties as natural lightning and can be conducted through water.

In the blink of an eye!

Hundreds and thousands of white-whiskered, scaleless catfish floated to the surface of the water, their bellies turning white.

The group took the opportunity to walk through the passage, only to find that the surroundings suddenly opened up—

It turned out to be a huge lake!

"In the poems that the silver-eyed nun told us, the city of Eroha was sunk into a lake, which must be this lake."

Because Jiang Liu was holding the Heavenly Golden Rhinoceros Horn, and Lu Jin was holding the flashlight, they adjusted the brightness and focus of the light. Through the dark lake water, they saw holes at the bottom of the lake, and above some of the holes were whirlpools that sucked water down even further.

This is a wind-eroded lake!

It was also the former capital of the Demon Kingdom: Evil Luo Sea City!

Although it has been eroded by the lake water and is very blurry, you can still see relatively obvious traces of human carving and polishing!

Lu Jin then used his mental energy to scan the area but found nothing noteworthy. He then moved upwards and outwards, using his mental energy to break through the surface of the lake and detect the forest on the lakeshore, as well as a city behind a green rock!

The instant he sensed the city, the flame of the "oil lamp" within Lu Jin's ancestral aperture brightened by a third, as if resisting some invisible force.

For an instant.

Lu Jin withdrew his mental energy and changed the direction of his probe, looking downwards and inwards, discovering that there was another world beneath the wind-eroded lake.

"Brother Jiang, should we go up to explore that city, or go down to another underground space?"

After learning the general situation, the first generation Jiang Liu said, "Go up first, then go down."

hum-

At that moment, the bubbles created by the Heavenly Golden Rhinoceros Horn produced ripples.

A dark shadow was seen swimming rapidly towards them in the lake. It was nearly twenty meters long, pure white, without scales, with long and dense white whiskers on its lower jaw, and two dragon whiskers about three meters long and five centimeters in diameter on either side of its nostrils.

Overall, it is still a white-whiskered, scaleless catfish, but its huge and slender body alone would make anyone who sees it call it "Dragon King".

"Brother Zhiwei, it seems you shocked its fish eggs and offspring, so it's come to seek revenge."

The first generation Jiang Liu, not wanting to miss out on trouble, laughed and said, "Go, kill it. This big guy is bound to cause ecological imbalance in this place."

"Don't act like this has nothing to do with you, okay?"

Zhang Zhiwei complained, but he didn't intend to let anyone else deal with the White-Bearded Fish Dragon King. He just took a breath, his whole body became bright and thunderous, and he unlocked the first level of gene lock. His eyes were sharp and full of light, with a trace of electric arc. He leaped out of the bubble with high momentum and actually used the atmosphere to directly open a vacuum path in the lake.

When he arrived in front of the white-bearded dragon king's forehead, he spread his five fingers and pressed down with his palm!

Snapped!

Before the white-whiskered dragon king could react, its head shattered, and the red and white substance made the surrounding clear water slightly turbid.

One-hit kill!

After Zhang Zhiwei killed the White-Bearded Fish Dragon King, his eyes became clear and bright. He saw a pair of rather peculiar eyes in the bloodstains, which seemed to be human eyes. He immediately shot out golden light and grabbed them in his hand.

Then he looked at the corpse of the White-Bearded Fish Dragon King sinking to the bottom of the lake. After a moment's thought, he released a golden light, pulling out the tendons from the White-Bearded Fish Dragon King's spine. He held them in his hand, casually tossed them around, letting the omnipresent lake water wash away the grime, then coiled them around his waist about ten times, temporarily using them as a belt…

# Chapter 1026 Beef Simmered for a Thousand Years

"These are the eyeballs I found inside the corpse of the White-Bearded Fish Dragon King. They are human eyes, and they feel similar to the two gems I found on the ninth floor of the Demon Tower."

Back inside the bubble, Zhang Zhiwei opened his hand, and two eyeballs lay quietly in his palm, which was covered in golden light. The pupils were swirling with light, and the deep pupils seemed to connect to a bottomless abyss, giving people a chilling feeling.

The first generation Jiang Liu was bold enough to grab the pair of eyeballs directly. As if he could see a scene from another space through their pupils, he smiled slightly and said, "These are the eyeballs of the first generation Ghost Mother, the Boundless Demon Eyes, which have a natural connection with the Bottomless Ghost Cave."

It's highly likely that this White-Bearded Dragon King was able to stand out and grow to such a large size by devouring the Boundless Demon Eyes, thus establishing a connection with the Bottomless Ghost Cave and being influenced by its power, breaking through the limits of its species.

Otherwise, its size would be at most the same as other white-whiskered, scaleless catfish here, reaching a maximum of four or five meters.

Even with the richest life force here, without cultivation methods, it would be difficult for a creature to grow to such a massive size.

Immediately, he put the pair of boundless demonic eyes into his storage ring, held the Heavenly Golden Rhinoceros Horn in his hand, and led the group to float towards the lake, climbing up a green rock that was several tens of meters high.

Leaping to the top of the rock, I looked around and saw that the wind-eroded lake was surrounded by lush forests, quiet and secluded, and I wondered what unknown creatures might be hiding there.

But what's most surprising is the scene behind this green rock at our feet.

It was a city built on a giant rock, with holes lined up one after another. These holes were then carved and polished by human hands to serve as doors and windows, but from a distance, it looked more like a giant beehive!

However, if you look down on this beehive city from a higher perspective, you will find that the whole city is shaped like a blooming six-petaled lotus flower.

"Is this Evil Luo Sea City?"

Partridge Whistle's hair stood on end.

In the dimly lit space, a city stands, brightly lit, illuminating the place as if it were daytime, yet it is deserted and empty.

Wouldn't that inspire fear?

The old foreigner trembled: "Could it be a ghost town?"

"Could it be a hallucination?"

Hua Ling pondered.

"Or is it a mirage?"

In Tibet, natural phenomena such as optical refraction and reflection can occur, reflecting distant scenery. I witnessed this once before, fifteen years ago, when I climbed the Kunlun Mountains.

"It can't be that kind of illusion."

Lu Jin denied this possibility.

If it's an illusion, his spiritual power wouldn't be able to detect its shape!

"Do you remember what that silver-eyed nun said? Perhaps this strange city is also the City of Evil Luo Sea, only it was 'conjured' from the memories of the City of Evil Luo Sea in the Ghost Mother's mind using the Boundless Demon Eye, but to be honest—"

Gazing at the real and authentic Evil Luo Sea City, Zhang Zhiwei's eyes deepened slightly. "Such an ability to transform the fake into the real truly possesses the legendary power of the 'Dharma Eye,' where everything seen is real."

But what the true Dharma sees is all real. In essence, it is a cultivation of mind and character. It is about cultivating wisdom to see through the fact that the world is a macroscopic system composed of matter, energy, and information that are in constant motion, and then being able to move forward in reality without being immersed in it.

It is a profound state of unity between "form" and "emptiness".

This ability to transform illusion into reality and change the void into the substantial is more like a supernatural power that materializes this realm; it is a technique, not the Dao.

The most frustrating thing is that, given this reality, without any means of protection, it would be impossible to move an inch.

But Zhang Zhiwei quickly changed his mind and asked the first generation Jiang Liu, "Shall we go in and take a look?"

"Of course I'll go."

If this Evil Luo Sea City is truly a manifestation of the brain memories of the first Ghost Mother, then her brain must also exist within this manifested city.

So, one by one, the group jumped off the green rock and swaggered into the brightly lit city of Evil Luo Sea.

Upon entering the city, the group discovered that although every household had lit candles, the city was so brightly illuminated, as if it were daytime, because the air was filled with wisps of mist that were colorless, odorless, and intangible, yet had a tangible form.

If one were to probe with spiritual power, one would not be able to sense its existence at all, as if it existed in another space, only reflected in the real dimension where everyone was.

At the very moment they entered this Evil Luo Sea City, apart from the first generation Jiang Liu, the light of the "oil lamps" in the ancestral apertures of the others shone brighter by three times, resisting some kind of power that existed in the darkness of this place.

After that, the group split up and searched house to house, but they couldn't find a single person, let alone a ghost.

As they walked toward the center, a meaty aroma filled the air, causing them to all look toward a nearby stone house.

Unlike other houses that are interconnected with numerous tunnels and passageways, this stone house is independent.

The first generation Jiang Liu stepped forward, pushed open the door and entered. He found the room empty except for a pot of beef that was cooking.

The broth was bubbling and the aroma of beef filled the air, making the old foreigner and Fifteen, who had also come in, swallow hard.

"Was this beef also created by the illusion of the celestial realm?"

Zhang Zhiwei stroked his chin, picked up the two forks from the pot, stabbed a piece of beef, and asked the First Generation Jiang Liu, "Speaking of which, things materialized by the ability of 'Transformation of Realm' are real and not illusory, right?"

"That's true."

The first generation Jiang Liu nodded, took out plates and chopsticks from his storage ring, and distributed them to everyone, saying, "Perfect timing, I'm also a bit hungry. This pot of beef has been cooking for thousands of years, let's taste what it's like."

Partridge Whistle opened his mouth, but in the end he took the plate and chopsticks and picked up a large piece of beef with Hua Ling, Old Foreigner and others.

"The taste is alright, but it's a bit bland."